One more thing. We are on vacation right now, or technically, a stay-cation. We didn’t go anywhere spectacular. We are just staying home, doing things we never actually have time for, or things we don’t want to make time for on a daily basis. I worked a half day, out at noon, on Wednesday. However, it was a GREAT half day. I was offered a position in Loan Ops that I had applied for, but wasn’t sure if I would be able to get. At the bank, you have to be with the company for 6 months before you can transfer departments but since I had previous banking experience they…
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Designated Survivor.
I am a huge Italia Ricci fan. She is a great actress and her twitter feed is hilarious. She is in a new TV show that just came out, Designated Survivor. It. Is. So. Gooooooooooooood. I had no idea that the designated survivor was a real thing, but it is. According to Wikipedia… In the United States, a designated survivor (or designated successor) is an individual in the presidential line of succession, usually a member of the United States Cabinet, who is arranged to be at a physically distant, secure, and undisclosed location when the President and the country’s other top leaders (e.g., Vice President and Cabinet members) are gathered at…
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Bentley’s Buddies.
So it has been a few days weeks since I have posted. Sorry about that. I wish I had a decent excuse, but it was pretty much pure laziness. It has been a busy couple of weeks though. I’m going to start with Bentley’s Buddies Batting for Down Syndrome. It is an annual Duck Soup Softball Tournament ran by our friends Matt and Aubrey (mostly Aubrey). I’m honestly not sure how many years she has been doing this but it is the 2nd year that we have participated. Aubrey’s daughter Bentley has down syndrome. I adore B. She gave me a hug the first time I met her, and I…
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Sugar.
My sister has an autoimmune disorder. One of the things she has decided to try was to remove sugar from her diet for 30 days. In order to help her with this, us other two have decided to join her. Today is the beginning. I’m a little nervous. I have been looking into the withdrawal symptoms. I don’t think this will be pretty. Apparently I can look forward to: Anxiety Depression Impulsive Behavior Hunger and Cravings Headaches. Lots and lots of headaches. Low Energy Muscle aches, nausea, insomnia, and boredom. Luckily most of the articles I read say that most of the symptoms only last for the first seven days…
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Next Up, Pickles!
Then on Monday, which should have been a day off but was hard work, I went to a friend’s house to make pickles. It was a good time with lots of girl talk. I really don’t think we had enough jars……….. We did have to run back into town to get more jars and other stuff at Menards. I love that place. I found some fantastic cutting boards for 99 cents. I really didn’t need them, but, hey, 99 cents. Then these gems showed up in my sight. I splurged so we could have a celebratory drink after we got done! The gorgeous finish product!
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Canning, Rednecks and Music.
This weekend I spent a lot of time in the kitchen. We went to my in-laws on Sunday where my mother-in-law showed me how to make salsa. It was fantastic! I learned so many things. Like, how to peel tomatoes. Who knew that if you made a tomato hot, the skin would just pop off? I love cold tomatoes with salt so I have never had the need to heat up tomatoes. Also, I chopped a jalapeno for the first time in my life. Canning has such fun utensils, like that fun little magnetic stick thing. Isn’t it pretty? While supper was cooking I found some good books. This struck…
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Update On Being Kind.
Also, it has been…2 days since I was going to try being kind. It has not gone well. Nope. Not well at all. This is going to be harder then I thought. Way harder. Way, way harder. Hard. Very Hard. -Rebel
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No Man Is A Romance Novel.
My new brilliant thought. No man is a romance novel. I used to read a romance novel almost every night. I would dream of the day I met my future husband. He would bring me flowers all the time. He would cook romantic candlelit dinners. Give me back and foot rubs whenever I had a hard day at work. He would hold my face and give me that great Rom-Com movie kiss. Wow. Wow oh wow oh wow. I was a silly goose. I can no longer read those books. I have discovered the actual meaning of romance. It isn’t useless flowers that die after a couple days, or candlelit…
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I Like You.
I like you. Those three little words can put a smile on anyone’s face. Just reading those words makes me smile. It takes very little time. It could change someone’s entire life. I have been reading random books lately and I came upon the story of Joe Girard, the top salesman in the world. He is the only salesman to be inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame for selling 13,001 new cars and trucks in 15 years. His secret, he sent out a card every month to his 13,000 customers that simply said “I like you.” If it was during a holiday month, it might say Happy Thanksgiving but…
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It’s Been A While.
Well, it has been a while since I have posted on here. I am currently watching Season 1, Episode 1 of Friends. Again. I feel incredibly stressed, even though I know I really have nothing to be that stressed about. My job stresses me out, my ‘lady business’ is stressing me out, I just feel stressed. People tell me to just relax. Seriously. Have you ever tried to ‘just relax’?? I feel like that’s the same as telling someone who has a broken leg to just slap a band-aid on it. Hopefully I will come up with something a little better to talk about over the weekend.